Brzozów

Brzozów [ˈbʐɔzuf] (Ukrainian: Березів, Bereziv; Yiddish: ברעזשוב‎ Brezhov; lat. Brozovia, or Prozzow) is a town in south-eastern Poland, with 7,677 inhabitants (02.06.2009).[1] It is situated in Subcarpathian Voivodeship (since 1999) and is the seat of both Brzozów County and the smaller administrative district of Gmina Brzozów. It lies 38 kilometres (24 mi) south of the city of Rzeszów.

For other places with the same name, see Brzozów.

Brzozów
Town hall in Brzozów
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Brzozów
Coordinates: 49°42′N 22°01′E
Country Poland
VoivodeshipSubcarpathian
CountyBrzozów County
GminaGmina Brzozów
Government
 • MayorSzymon Stapiński
Area
 • Total11.45 km2 (4.42 sq mi)
Population
 (2006)
 • Total7,705
 • Density670/km2 (1,700/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
36-200
Car platesRBR, KSD, KUD, KUB
Websitehttp://www.brzozow.pl

History

Brzozów was founded in 1359, Brzozów took on the name of an earlier, adjacent settlement of the 14th century, which gradually over time came to be known as Stara Wieś (Old Village). A large Jesuit Basilica and Monastery, built in 1760, is found in Stara Wieś. Queen Mary donated Brzozów and four other villages to the Bishops of Przemyśl in 1384. From the middle 14th to the early 19th centuries, the Bishops of Przemyśl resided principally at Brzozów.

Tatar attacks took place in 1525, 1623–25, 1629 and with heavy losses in 1674. Afterwards, Brzozów declined commercially until the 19th century.

From the first partition of Poland in 1772 until 1918, the town was part of the Austrian monarchy (Austria side after the compromise of 1867), head of the district with the same name, one of the 78 Bezirkshauptmannschaften in Austrian Galicia province (Crownland).[2]

Before World War II there was a Jewish community of about 1300 in Brzozów. A large part was massacred on 10 August 1942 by the German SS.[3] The remainder were sent to death camps or murdered by the Nazis during the war. Since then, there has been no Jewish presence in the town.[4]

Economy

In 1550–1650, nineteen trades were practiced here including cloth-making, food processing, and leather-making as well as wood, metal, and ceramic trades. The first hospital of record is mentioned in 1518. A parish school was in existence in the early 16th century, and annual elections of mayors and judges, subject to approval of the bishop, commenced in 1410. The town for hundreds of years had been known for the manufacture of combs, but the industry disappeared by the 1960s. Manufacture of oils was another industry in Brzozów; walnut oil was a famous product reportedly supplied to the royal table in Kraków in the 16th century. Oils were also produced from plum core.

A post-office was opened in 1851[5]

International relations
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Poland

Twin towns – Sister cities

Brzozów is twinned with:

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References
Notes
  1. "Population. Size and structure by territorial division" (PDF). Central Statistical Office 00-925 Warsaw, Al. Niepodległości 208. 2 June 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 September 2011. Retrieved 22 June 2009.
  2. Die postalischen Abstempelungen auf den österreichischen Postwertzeichen-Ausgaben 1867, 1883 und 1890, Wilhelm KLEIN, 1967
  3. http://www.iearn.org.il/poland/pits/Natan%20Weiss%20Testimony.pdf
  4. "Sol Filler". Holocaustcentre.org.nz. Retrieved 12 March 2013.
  5. Handbook of Austria and Lombardy-Venetia Cancellations on the Postage Stamp Issues 1850-1864, by Edwin MUELLER, 1961.
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